Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.

Colombian Novelist

Bob Kerrey

Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.

American Politician

Yuna

People think it's very strange because I love whale watching - you don't see whales a lot where I'm from.

Malaysian Musician

George Gaylord Simpson

I don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it.

American Scientist

Jane Velez-Mitchell

The killer whale Tilikum has helped SeaWorld sell millions of dollars worth of tickets.

American Journalist

William Jennings Bryan

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

American Lawyer

Mayim Bialik

I'm concerned about the ocean and the environment. And I love whales.

American Actress

Jim Murphy

There are a number of things everyone can do to help protect whales.

American Author

Herman Melville

A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.

American Novelist

Paul Watson

Canadian Environmentalist

Mention of whales often ties to environmental and conservation issues.

Conservation Topics

Despite living in water, whales are mammals like humans, not fish.

Non-fish Mammals

Whales are often seen as symbols of peace, majesty, or solitude in literature and media.

Cultural Symbol

The gambling term is more casual and used in conversational contexts.

Casual Context

Used metaphorically to mean someone of significant influence or means, not just in gambling.

Metaphoric Use

When used as a verb, 'whale' has a violent connotation, suggesting aggressive action.

Violent Connotation

Whaling on something can express a release of emotions, often anger or frustration.

Emotional Release

Idiomatic use of 'whale' often emphasizes the enormity or challenge of a task.

Emphasize Difficulty

Sometimes it's used positively, as in 'whale of a time,' to mean a great experience.

Positive Experience

 bearded seal paw, these are all animals that they have hunted during the migration when whales come by their village. And for me it's telling. Finally I got something. We return back, he's going to give a good portion to the dogs because the dogs help the Inuits hunting and they always split the result of the hunt.

We Are What We Eat:...

 Thank you so much. I'm going to try to take you on a journey of the underwater acoustic world of whales and dolphins. Since we are such a visual species, it's hard for us to really understand this, so I'll use a mixture of figures and sounds and hope this can communicate it.

Peter Tyack: The...

 of an extraordinary hunt the gray whale calf is just a few weeks it's following its mother north towards the summer feeding grounds in alaska they've reached monterey bay where a deep trench cuts in from the sea

Deadly Killer Whale...

 When it comes to size, it's often, but not always, the case that larger species have a longer lifespan than smaller ones. For instance, an elephant or whale will live much longer than a mouse, rat, or vole,

Why do animals have such...

 paper about altruism in humpback whales, about how humpback whales have altruistic behavior towards other animals, not just their own species but other animals. Altruism is a true act of kindness,

A whale saved my life PIPE...

 I want to share an ocean story with you it is about the power of celebration and at its heart is the killer whale founded just about every part of our one world

Killer whale society PIPE...

 male right whales have gigantic testes the largest in the world they weigh a ton and produce gallons of sperm one coupling can flush

Magnificent Whale...

 sperm whale families may contain several generations of daughters with their babies overseen by a wise old grandmother

The Largest Predator in...

 it is said that when an adult sperm whale clicks at a diver it's like being kicked in the chest by a horse

Baby Whale Mistakes Boat...

 Only about a hundred killer whales in the world hunt using this technique.